- 21. It's history repeatin
- (Trivia)
- Years before he moved to San Francisco to join the Apple design team, iBook Designer Jonathan Ive started his designer career in 1990 as a partner of the London agency tangerine. A major customer was the ...
- 22. The integrated handle
- (Trivia)
- A new and unique feature of the Clamshell iBook was the seamlessly integrated handle which is invisible at first sight. Steve Jobs demonstrated this feature during the presentation of the iBook at the ...
- 23. The Barbie iBook
- (Trivia)
- I always wanted to take a photo of the real Barbie iBook. I like to thank my daughter, who gave me her "French Barbie" from the Collector's Edition, and an original pink Barbie laptop. Insiders know ...
- 24. The breathing sleep light
- (Trivia)
- The love for the detail shows up with the Clamshell iBook even in small things. Apple chief designer Jonathan Ive (quotation) provided for example the small green light, which signals the current energy ...
- 25. Consumer vs. Pro: Pricing of iBook and PowerBook
- (Trivia)
- ... than $ 1599 in the USA! The picture shows a printed advertising of the distributor GRAVIS in the german magazine MacUp 10/99. The PowerBook G3 333Mhz (Bronze Keyboard) which was released in ...
- 26. Clamshell Unboxing Part 1: The covering box
- (Trivia)
- More than 12 years have passed since Steve Jobs unveiled the original iBook in July 1999. Most of the used Clamshell iBooks you can buy today have lost their original packaging and accessories. If you ...
- 27. Exhibition Stylectrical: How Apple conquered design
- (Trivia)
- The exhibition Stylectrical in Hamburg, Germany ended in January 2012. The "Museum für Kunst und Gerwerbe" showed everything´ Designer Jonathan Ive made for Apple starting from 1997 when the Apple Logo ...
- 28. Apple iBook - First Impressions (1999)
- (Multimedia)
- Promotional film featuring iBook Designer Jonathan Ive, Phil Schiller and user testimonials. Thanks, vintagemacmuseum for sharing this great commercial ! zlhMzQaydh8
- 29. 466 SE Indigo "Cybook
- (Hardware hints)
- ... with a little help from the wayback machine. Jason sent me his original photos (thank you so much)- so off we go.... -- original text by Jason "Hooptie J" Kennedy-- My Ultimate iBook SE, An Indigo ...
- 30. Steve Lohr, New York Times
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple Computer's iBook, introduced two weeks ago, has a high ''ooooh'' factor -- the involuntary reaction elicited from some people when they see a thoughtfully designed product. The person mainly responsible ...
- 31. Ronald O. Carlson, mac.blorge.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Apple’s first consumer/education notebook shipped in 1999 and broke a lot of new ground. From the durable construction and floppy-drive free design to its fruity iMac inspired styling and, of course, 802.11b ...
- 32. In Memoriam Steve Jobs 1955-2011
- (Trivia)
- Thank you for really totally insanely great new products. Thank you for the iBook.
- 33. Dave Hamilton + John F. Braun, macobserver.com
- (iBook arguments)
- ... indeed although Steve Jobs' choices have proven fairly on track so far. :-) While many had hoped the iBook would be priced a little cheaper than US$1600, when you consider the feature set, it is a great ...
- 34. Michael Tsai, atpm.com
- (iBook arguments)
- All in all, the keynote audience was very pleased with the iBook except for two points: pricing and availability. At $1599, $400 more than the iMac, I think the iBook is reasonably priced for a consumer ...
- 35. Webbrowser Opera: Pseudo 1024x768 resolution
- (Software hints)
- ... quite good quality, even the reduced font remains good readable. A workaround published on macmod.com by Tom Mordasky (thank you very much!), which also only worked under OSX 10.4 Tiger via the so-called ...
- 36. Small Clamshell Movie Theater
- (Accessories)
- ... worse than that of a VGA or DVI signal, so the projection is more unstable and a bit blurry. External sound card: In contrast to the onboard sound chip, the Griffin Firewave ...
- 37. Michael Simon, maclife.com
- (iBook arguments)
- With equal parts toilet seat, suitcase and clam, the iBook had a funny sort of charm that did little to reflect the personality of the user (unless, of course, they happened to be running away with the ...
- 38. 30 years of Apple Products, wired.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Announced in July 1999 at Macworld New York, the iBook was perhaps the most anxiously awaited Apple computer ever. Aimed at the same consumer market as its big brother, the iMac, the iBook filled the 2x2 ...
- 39. BBC News
- (iBook arguments)
- It's a long way from a toilet laboratory in Chigwell, north London to the heart of Silicon Valley, California. But in eight years, Jonathan Ive has covered this distance to establish himself as one of ...
- 40. Tamara Keel, lowendmac.com
- (iBook arguments)
- Seven years down the road, that "obsolete" machine is sitting on my lap as I type this, relaxing on the front porch on a cool springtime evening. For seven years that obsolete iBook has been my trusty ...